Great rice; no sticky pot to deal with at the end.
Sure, sushi is a fun meal that tends to please everyone (make some rice, choose your fillings). It’s useful in lots of recipes besides for sushi too. Some favorites include this Sushi Salad, or the kid-friendly favorite Avocado Crunch Sushi Roll from Dinner Done. Adults (and Renee’s kids) appreciate this gorgeous Salmon Crudo that’s also served on top of sushi rice.
You can also use sushi rice in poke bowls or, another fave, the Almost Poke Bowl in Dinner Done (called “Almost” because the fish is cooked in that version).
If you don’t want to roll sushi, but think your family would still love a sushi-style dinner, and you don’t want to roll anything, you can make Sushi Donuts.
And, of course, once you are making any of these recipes, you might also need some spicy mayo and sweet sauce (you can totally buy these too–or save the containers that come with your sushi take-out).
Sure, there’s lots of uses for sushi rice. If there’s one annoying thing about it–it’s that sticky pot that you’re left with at the end.
Not anymore.
Now you can make amazing sushi rice in the oven. Reader Miriam (@busywithfam) first suggested the idea and tried it out with success! And so, we were game to try the idea too and now we’re not turning back.
You can bake all kinds of grains in the oven too! See Prepare your grains in the oven post.
If you do want to actually roll sushi, here’s an easy hack: keep your sushi mat in a Ziploc bag so you don’t need to clean that afterwards either.
Rinse rice.
You can use the same measurements with white or brown rice; brown rice just might take a bit longer if the quantities are the same.
Add water, oil, and salt. Cover and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Uncover rice. Place a paper towel over the baked rice to absorb extra moisture and let stand for 10 minutes.
Add rice vinegar and sugar.
Season with additional salt to taste if desired.
9×13 Sushi Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar (use ½ tbsp if not using seasoned rice vinegar)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350⁰F.
- Rinse rice. Add to 9×13 pan. Add water, oil, and salt. Cover and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Uncover rice. Place a paper towel over it and let stand for 10 minutes. Add rice vinegar and sugar. Season with additional salt to taste if desired.
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